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Auction archive: Lot number 21

A CHEMIST’S LICENCE for Antonio Damugliano (fl.1685-1740), in Italian and Latin, Venice, 1717

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,223 - US$4,512
Price realised:
£2,250
ca. US$2,900
Auction archive: Lot number 21

A CHEMIST’S LICENCE for Antonio Damugliano (fl.1685-1740), in Italian and Latin, Venice, 1717

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,223 - US$4,512
Price realised:
£2,250
ca. US$2,900
Beschreibung:

A CHEMIST’S LICENCE for Antonio Damugliano (fl.1685-1740), in Italian and Latin, Venice, 1717 A Venetian licence to sell ointments granted to the Greek-born physician and expert in contagious diseases Antonio Damugliano. Provenance : Antonio-Antimo Damugliano, or Anthonios Damoulianos, was born in Zakynthos in the mid-17th century. He studied medicine in Europe and travelled extensively throughout Asia, the Middle East, northern Africa and Russia. He was for a time in the employ of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740), and was honoured for his services in tackling the spread of epidemics. 229 x 163mm. i + 7 + iv, complete. 14 lines, ruled space: 145 x 85mm. One full-page miniature of the Lion of Venice with the coat of arms of Doge Giovanni II Cornaro (1647-1722), each page with full border (marginal holes to f.1, edges sometimes frayed. Manuscript loose in binding). 18th-century blind-tooled morocco gilt.

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2017
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A CHEMIST’S LICENCE for Antonio Damugliano (fl.1685-1740), in Italian and Latin, Venice, 1717 A Venetian licence to sell ointments granted to the Greek-born physician and expert in contagious diseases Antonio Damugliano. Provenance : Antonio-Antimo Damugliano, or Anthonios Damoulianos, was born in Zakynthos in the mid-17th century. He studied medicine in Europe and travelled extensively throughout Asia, the Middle East, northern Africa and Russia. He was for a time in the employ of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740), and was honoured for his services in tackling the spread of epidemics. 229 x 163mm. i + 7 + iv, complete. 14 lines, ruled space: 145 x 85mm. One full-page miniature of the Lion of Venice with the coat of arms of Doge Giovanni II Cornaro (1647-1722), each page with full border (marginal holes to f.1, edges sometimes frayed. Manuscript loose in binding). 18th-century blind-tooled morocco gilt.

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2017
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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